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• Burning planned on Donnelly Training Area to reduce wildfire threat near Delta Junction

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on April 22, 2020

  

  Starting as early as Saturday, BLM AFS and USARAK will implemented prescribed fire in the DTA to reduce the wildfire threat near Delta Junction. Rx burns are fires that are intentionally set under controlled conditions to remove dry and dead grass and to lower the risk that wildfires could impact nearby communities.

• Burning operations planned for military training lands in Interior Alaska to reduce wildfire threat

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on April 15, 2020

  

  The snow is quickly melting in Interior Alaska. The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service and U.S. Army Alaska will soon implement multiple prescribed fires on military training lands in Interior Alaska. As conditions allow, prescribed burning in the Donnelly Training Area, Yukon Training Area, and Fort Wainwright may continue throughout the spring. #RxFire

• BLM AFS awards three contracts for Alaska village-based Type 2 wildland firefighting crews

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on April 10, 2020

  The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS) awarded three contracts for Type 2 wildland firefighting hand crews based in rural northeastern and Interior Alaska villages for the 2020 fire season. The contractors selected will base crews in… Read More ›

• State Forestry monitoring hot spots that overwintered from Deshka Landing Fire

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on April 10, 2020

  The Alaska Division of Forestry is monitoring several hot spots from last summer’s Deshka Landing Fire near Willow that have been reported over the course of the winter. The first reports of smoke and smoldering were provided by trail groomers… Read More ›

• Grass fire started by discarded cigarette near Homer illustrates dry conditions on southern Kenai Peninsula

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on April 9, 2020

  Firefighters from the Alaska Division of Forestry and Homer Volunteer Fire Department responded to a small grass fire near Homer on Wednesday that was ignited by a discarded cigarette butt. It was the first wildfire of the season on the… Read More ›

• Forestry to suspend all burn permits starting May 1 due to COVID-19

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on April 7, 2020

  The Alaska Division of Forestry (DOF) will suspend all burn permits – both small- and large-scale – effective at midnight on April 30, in anticipation of the impacts of COVID-19 on Alaska’s wildland firefighting resources this summer. The use of… Read More ›

• Federal Alaska Emergency Firefighter requirements adjusted for 2020 season

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on March 26, 2020

  Because the BLM Alaska Fire Service remains focused on the safety and well-being of our employees and the public, preparedness regarding medical, physical and training requirements for Alaska federal (BLM) Emergency Firefighters (EFF) were adjusted for the 2020 fire year… Read More ›

• State permits will be required for burning, starting April 1

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on March 26, 2020

  With Alaska’s wildfire season officially starting on April 1, the Division of Forestry reminds Alaskans that they must have a current burn permit from the division to burn debris or use burn barrels anywhere in the state. Debris that can… Read More ›

• State Forestry releases 2020 Red Card and Refresher class schedules

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on March 13, 2020

  The Alaska Division of Forestry has released its schedule of Basic Firefighter and Fireline Safety Refresher classes for the 2020 wildland fire season. Anyone interested in working as a Division of Forestry wildland firefighter or any support roles associated with… Read More ›

• BLM AFS, USARAK burn woody debris piles from fuel break on military lands near Delta Junction

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on February 6, 2020

  

  Update on Feb. 21, 2020: BLM Alaska Fire Service personnel completed burning woody debris piles in the Donnelly Training Area West (DTAW) between Feb. 9-12. They were able to burn the remaining 54 large, machine-built piles on the far west… Read More ›

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